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🌍 Celebrating 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲: Measure, Monitor, Manage 🌱 Today, we celebrate World Soil Day under the theme: ‘Measure, Monitor, Manage’. Soil information and data are crucial for effective soil resource management. While soil data provides raw measurements, soil information offers interpreted and synthesized data for practical applications and policy-making. 🔍 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: They form the foundation for understanding soil characteristics, assessing soil health and productivity, and improving soil management. Soil is vital for food and water security, biodiversity, and climate change mitigation. 👩🌾 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝: Smallholder farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and Local Communities (IPLC) are the true guardians of the land. They integrate ecological resilience, social responsibility, and combine generational wisdom with modern practices to ensure the care and conservation of the land. However, they face numerous challenges. 🤝 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝: 🌻 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Through climate finance, development finance, agroecology, agrobiodiversity, or any other expenditure on conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of soil. Farmers and their organizations should be recognized as #partners, not just beneficiaries. 🌻 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Farmer-led innovation in agroecology, agrobiodiversity conservation, and local seed systems. 🌻 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: Conducive policies and practical approaches that support the involvement of farmers' organizations, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities in decision-making processes. At AgriCord, along with our members agri-agencies and farmers' organizations, we are committed to improving soil health through projects focused on #agroecology, #agrobiodiversity, food systems, farmer-led research and innovation, and advocacy. 🔗 Explore Our Programs: 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐏: https://lnkd.in/eNYRkaW7 𝐅𝐎𝟒: https://lnkd.in/eX5nNcBQ ; https://lnkd.in/eRkH2D5K 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐈: https://lnkd.in/eitRX_xK 𝐅𝐎𝐅𝐒: https://lnkd.in/eitRX_xK Thanks to our donors and partners: Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH European Commission Agence Française de Développement International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) FAO Farmers' Organizations for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific World Farmers' Organisation Agroecology Coalition PEFC International IUCN International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Let's work together to ensure healthy soils for a #sustainable future! 🌱
